Re: Taking shots at higher limits
depends how good you are.
i just switched from $2-4 to $4-8 and have been very sucessful so far. been playing $2-4 holdem and $1-3 spread limit stud for the past year. now i'm 100% $4-8 limit. i book a winning session 75% of the time. i always buy in for 20 big bets, $80 in $2-4, and $160 in $4-8. point is, you should pick up a hand within that time frame so you wont go through your stack unless the table is too tough or you're making mistakes and it's better to limit your losses and try again the next day (my experience). you tend to lose more when you're losing, even an excellent player is succeseptipal [sp] to that happening.
sure, go ahead and take a shot at higher limits. but unless you find that game more profitable than your other game i don't see the point.
for bankroll considerations in general, i really only require 4 buy-ins, which is 80 big bets. alot of people say 200-300, and that might roll you for good, but for my purposes 80 is fine. something would have to go really wrong for me to lose 4 sessions straight, and even so, i could come up with another 20 big bets, no biggie.
a good player can't lose over the long run so i don't put too much value on bankroll considerations for a non full-time gambler like myself.
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